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Review on influenza RNA trafficking in PLoS Pathogens

We review how influenza A virus RNAs find their way around the infected cell, and the host trafficking pathways they borrow along the way.

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Figure 1 of the review on influenza A virus RNA localisation and host trafficking pathways
Fig. 1 from Bonazza and Courtney, PLoS Pathogens (2025), CC BY 4.0

Where a viral RNA is inside the cell decides what happens to it: whether it is translated, replicated, packaged or recognised by the immune system.

Our review in PLoS Pathogens brings together what is known about influenza A virus RNA localisation and the host trafficking pathways that move those RNAs between the nucleus, the cytoplasm and the plasma membrane.

Read the review: Bonazza S, Courtney DG. Influenza A virus RNA localisation and the interceding trafficking pathways of the host cell. PLoS Pathogens 21(4): e1013090 (2025).

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